Sydney absent from double twelve
The company denied that it was previously involved in the storm of "not paying employees social security"
When "Double Twelve" is coming, Sydney and Lin Shanshan, who were fined more than 90 million for tax evasion, had their Taobao stores with tens of millions of fans, but they were exposed and banned.
On December 12, the Red Star Capital Bureau found that searching for the shops of Sydney and Lin Shanshan on the Taobao platform could no longer display the results.
Subsequently, the Red Star Capital Bureau consulted the customer service of the Taobao platform, and the response was: "Due to violation of relevant regulations, the store's goods have been removed from the shelves."
The official website of Chenfan E-commerce, an MCN institution founded by Sydney in 2016, is currently inaccessible.
Before being off the shelves, Sydney's Taobao store had 28.54 million fans, and Lin Shanshan's Taobao store also had 9.81 million fans, making it the top of Taobao's women's clothing category.
The performance of Sydney Taobao stores is also very impressive.
The Red Star Capital Bureau previously reported that the official website of Chenfan E-commerce, an MCN institution founded by Sydney, shows that during Double Eleven 2020, Chenfan E-commerce’s total GMV will exceed 3.1 billion yuan, and its Sydney womenswear brand "CHIN" is ranked among the Taoist women’s clothing category. TOP 1, this is also the first time that Taobao celebrity store surpassed Uniqlo in the 11.11 big promotion.
Prior to this, it was revealed that Sydney and Lin Shanshan have been banned from multiple social platform accounts, including Weibo, Douyin, Xiaohongshu, WeChat official accounts, etc.
November 22
Sydney and Lin Shanshan two internet celebrity anchors fined more than 90 million yuan for tax evasion
November 22
Taxation department answers reporters' questions on tax evasion cases in Sydney and Lin Shanshan
November 22
Sydney Lin Shanshan apologized for tax evasion: suspension of live broadcast
December 9th
Sydney Lin Shanshan's social account is blocked
December 10
Sydney was exposed to complaints about not giving employees social security
December 10
Sydney company denies not paying employees social security
December 12
Sydney Lin Shanshan Taobao store suspected to be blocked
Sydney Taobao store closed
Was No. 1 in the women's clothing category
At midnight on December 12, the "Double Twelve" promotion came as scheduled, but some netizens discovered that the Taobao shops of Sydney and Lin Shanshan had disappeared.
Some netizens posted on Weibo saying that on the evening of December 11, the Taobao store in Sydney could still be browsed normally.
But on the 12th, it was discovered that the goods in the purchase link all showed "seller account error", and the same situation occurred in Lin Shanshan's Taobao store.
Some netizens broke the news that before the store was off the shelves, the Sydney Taobao store had removed the word "Sydney" and changed it to "Mrs. Qian's custom women's clothing", and Lin Shanshan's Taobao store was also renamed "Sunny Little Superman."
However, on the afternoon of the 12th, the Red Star Capital Bureau found that searching for the shops of Sydney and Lin Shanshan on the Taobao platform could no longer display the results.
Subsequently, the Red Star Capital Bureau consulted the customer service of the Taobao platform, and the response was: "Due to violation of relevant regulations, the store's goods have been removed from the shelves."
According to public reports, the Taobao store in Sydney was established in 2011, when Sydney (formerly named Zhu Chenhui), who was still a junior at the time, and his roommate Mrs. Qian (formerly named: Qian Yufan) opened the online shop "Mrs. Qian's Sydney Custom" .
In 2016, Sydney founded the MCN agency Chenfan e-commerce.
According to the official website, Chenfan e-commerce has more than 350 celebrities and 400 million fans on the entire network. Among them, Sydney and Lin Shanshan are ranked at the top.
After years of development, the Taobao store in Sydney had 28.54 million fans before it was taken off the shelves, and it has become the head of Taobao's women's clothing category.
The performance of Sydney Taobao stores is also very eye-catching. Red Star Capital Bureau previously reported that Chenfan e-commerce official website showed that during Double Eleven 2020, the total GMV of Chenfan e-commerce exceeded 3.1 billion yuan, and its Sydney women's clothing brand CHIN ranked among Taobao. This is the first time that Taobao celebrity store surpassed Uniqlo in the Double 11 promotion.
Lin Shanshan, as the first celebrity to be independently incubated by Chen Fan, has its own brand of clothing, snacks, beauty and other categories in 19 years GMV broke 800 million yuan, and its Taobao store also has 9.81 million fans.
According to industry analysts, the closure of the Taobao store where Sydney and Lin Shanshan depended for survival is a great loss to both of them and the Chenfan e-commerce company behind them.
Tax evasion fined over 90 million yuan
Many companies under the name of Sydney cancelled
Prior to this, the top Internet celebrities Xueli and Lin Shanshan were fined more than 90 million yuan for tax evasion, which caused heated discussions on the Internet.
On November 22, Sydney and Lin Shanshan appeared in the penalty notice of the Hangzhou Taxation Department: "Internet anchors Zhu Chenhui (weibo ID: Sydney Cherie) and Lin Shanshan (weibo ID: 林珊珊_Sunny) evaded tax due to tax evasion. Taxes will be recovered in accordance with the law, late fees will be charged and fines will be 65,553,100 yuan and 27,672,500 yuan respectively."
It is understood that the two anchors were fined for setting up sole proprietorship enterprises in Shanghai, Guangxi, Jiangxi and other places, fictitious business converted their personal wages and salaries and labor remuneration income into sole proprietorship business income, and evaded personal income tax.
The Hangzhou Taxation Department stated that the above-mentioned actions of the two anchors violated relevant tax laws and regulations and disrupted the order of tax collection and administration.
However, after comprehensive consideration, Zhu Chenhui and Lin Shanshan were more cooperative after the tax audit was filed, and they took the initiative to pay part of the tax before the case was verified, which has the circumstance of taking the initiative to reduce the harmful consequences of illegal activities, so they were fined twice the amount of tax evasion.
On the same day, Sydney and Lin Shanshan issued an apology letter on Weibo, saying that they fully accept the final decision of the tax authority and will pay taxes and fines in time.
At the same time, in order to further improve compliance, the live broadcast will be suspended for standardization and rectification.
Subsequently, the two Weibo accounts were banned.
Tianyancha App shows that on December 3, Hangzhou Qianyi Enterprise Management Co., Ltd., an executive director of Sydney, was cancelled. The reason for the cancellation was the resolution of dissolution.
The equity penetration chart shows that the company is jointly held by Hangzhou Chenfan Network Technology Co., Ltd. and Su Chaoran.
It is worth mentioning that in 2021, many companies under the name of Sydney have been cancelled.
Shanghai Douzima Marketing Planning Center was cancelled on August 19, and Shanghai Huangsang Marketing Planning Center was cancelled on September 1. Both companies were involved in tax evasion in Sydney.
The "tax evasion" incident also affected Chenfan e-commerce. On December 12, the Red Star Capital Bureau found that the official website of Chenfan e-commerce was currently inaccessible.
However, the brand stores of CHINSTUDIO (women's clothing), plusmall (women's plus size), firstgive (baby and child), and toz mama (children's clothing) under Chenfan e-commerce are not currently affected.
Since its establishment, Chenfan E-commerce has received a total of 3 rounds of financing.
In May 2019, Chenfan E-commerce received a round of financing. The investors were Tipping Point Capital and Cong Biqiushi. The amount of financing was not disclosed; in March and April 2021, Chenfan E-commerce received consecutive B rounds and B+ rounds. Tens of millions of dollars in financing, investors include Lanxin Asia and Zhongyuan Capital.
In August of this year, Sydney revealed in an interview that Chenfan’s annual sales in the brand e-commerce sector are around 5 billion yuan.
It was exposed that the employees did not pay social security to the hot search
Multiple social accounts have been banned one after another
The aftermath of "tax evasion" has not subsided. Just two days ago, Sydney was exposed to not paying employees social security, and it was posted on Weibo's hot search.
On the morning of December 10, a number of media released Weibo stating, “Some netizens broke the news that there is no traffic in Sydney’s stores now. The company has more than 1,000 employees and pays tens of millions of wages a month. Since the accident, Sydney has not When you buy insurance for employees, many people rushed to complain. In terms of employee social insurance, it is even blank."
In response to this, Chenfan E-commerce responded that "Sydney does not pay employees social security" remarks are inconsistent with the facts, "Our company has paid social security for all employees in accordance with the law since its establishment."
According to a report by Jimu News, the staff of the Hangzhou Labor Security Supervision Detachment said that they have not received any complaints about Chenfan E-commerce’s refusal to pay employees’ social security.
Labor inspection is governed by the site used. If workers have labor disputes, they may complain to the labor inspection team on the actual site.
The relevant person in charge of the Labor Security Supervision Brigade of Hangzhou High-tech Zone (Binjiang) also said that he had not received any complaints from Chenfan E-commerce for non-payment of social security, nor had he found relevant information for filing a case.
In addition to the "social security turmoil," Sydney and Lin Shanshan have also been exposed to multiple social platform accounts that have been blocked one after another.
On December 9, the Red Star Capital Bureau found that the Weibo accounts of Sydney and Lin Shanshan all displayed "now unavailable".
Previously, on November 22, the two people were banned on Weibo.
Since then, multiple social platform accounts of the two have been banned one after another, including Douyin, Xiaohongshu, WeChat official account, etc.
Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News Reporter Yu Yaoqiang Yaxian
Not only is Sydney constantly troubled, but the company under the name of Zhang Dayi, another internet celebrity who originated on Taobao, is also caught in controversy.
Ruhan Culture employee died suddenly while working overtime?
Company: Not overtime labor department: Will go to investigate
On December 11, some netizens broke the news that an employee of Hangzhou Ruhan Culture Communication Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Ruhan Culture") died unexpectedly while working overtime.
On the afternoon of the 12th, Ruhan confirmed to the Red Star Capital Bureau that an employee died unexpectedly after being unwell on the evening of the 8th, but said that “it was not overtime”.
In addition, the local labor inspection department also told the Red Star Capital Bureau that it will go to Ruhan Culture for investigation. If it is caused by overtime, the company shall bear legal responsibility.
Ruhan culture was exposed to sudden death of employees
Labor Department: Will go to investigate
According to the pictures posted by netizens, Ruhan Culture and Personnel Administration Department issued an obituary stating that an employee of the company suddenly became unwell on the evening of December 8 and was sent to the Run Run Run Run Run emergency treatment by a company partner. After receiving the diagnosis, he was diagnosed with cerebral hemorrhage. Cerebral herniation, arrhythmia, the etiology is suspected to be congenital cerebrovascular malformation or intracranial abscess.
After nearly two days of rescue work, the employee still failed to save his life and passed away at 16:10 on December 10.
The Red Star Capital Bureau contacted Ruhan regarding this matter. Ruhan confirmed the authenticity of the obituary to the Red Star Capital Bureau. However, regarding the sudden death from overtime work spread on the Internet, Ruhan responded to the Red Star Capital Bureau saying: “It’s not overtime, but it’s specific. The notification and external interpretation require the consent of the family members."
On December 12, the Red Star Capital Bureau called the Labor Security Supervision Brigade of Shangcheng District, Hangzhou. The staff stated that the matter had been handed over to the Labor Supervision Squadron of Sijiqing Street, Hangzhou, and would go to the company for investigation on Monday.
"If the investigation finds that it is indeed overtime work, the company must be legally liable." The staff member said.
Subsequently, the Red Star Capital Bureau called the Labor Supervision Squadron of Sijiqing Street, but no one answered the call on weekends.
Ruhan Holdings will be delisted after two years of listing
Zhang Dayi is the second largest shareholder
Public information shows that Ruhan Culture is a well-known e-commerce online celebrity incubation and marketing platform in China. It has incubated more than 180 celebrities such as Zhang Dayi, Dajin, and Chongchong, covering 200 million young female fans.
Tianyancha APP shows that in July this year, both Alibaba and Station B invested in Ruhan culture.
According to the newly disclosed investment ratio filing on December 9, Alibaba holds 7.09% of the shares, and Shanghai Phantom Information Technology Co., Ltd., the operator of station B, 0.47%.
In addition, Feng Min, the founder and chairman of Hangzhou Ruhan Holdings Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Ruhan Holdings"), holds 27.39% of the shares in Ruhan Culture and is currently the largest shareholder; Zhang Yi holds 12.4% of the shares, which is The second largest shareholder, it is understood that Zhang Yi is the real name of Ruhan CMO and Internet celebrity Zhang Dayi.
The other two founders of Ruhan Holdings, Sun Lei, hold 12.47% of Ruhan Culture, and Shen Chao holds 4.50%.
According to the Tianyan Check APP, Ruhan Culture and Ruhan Holdings are both under Feng Min, and Ruhan Holdings was once listed on NASDAQ as the "first stock of Internet celebrities".
On April 22 this year, Ruhan Holdings, which was listed only for two years, completed the privatization and delisted from the US stock market.
Red Star Capital Bureau previously reported that Ruhan Holdings' privatization agreement price has fallen by 72% from the issue price.
Regardless of dividends and other circumstances, investors who participated in the subscription during Ruhan Holdings' IPO held a floating loss of over 70%.
Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News reporter Yu Yao and Xie Yutong